f63322 ps1753	Central Districts v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 2025/26
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th December 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Central Districts won by 295 runs
Points	Central Districts 17 (Batting 1, Bowling 4); Canterbury 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	CM Brown, SJ Kannan
Referee	GB Stretch
Scorers	DM Plummer, EP West
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 13/1 (Bowes 6*, McKenzie 6*; 8 overs)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 194/5 (Schmulian 61*, Lennox 0*; 52 overs)
Close of play day 3	Canterbury (2) 127/8 (Frew 24*, Sheat 13*; 55 overs)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	b Davey	119	249	353	13	-	181
TJ Bettelheim	c sub (FW Sheat) b Rae	13	45	65	2	-	40
BD Schmulian	c Hay b Davey	39	54	77	6	-	37
D Foxcroft	c Hay b Rae	10	25	35	-	-	19
*+D Cleaver	b Rae	7	16	24	1	-	12
JA Clarkson	c Hay b Jamieson	0	9	13	-	-	9
WJ Clark	b McKenzie	3	11	13	-	-	9
AY Patel	c Mariu b Sodhi	11	49	54	-	-	40
JR Lennox	c Jamieson b McConchie	2	37	31	-	-	36
TM Annand	not out	18	18	39	4	-	13
RL Toole	c Hay b Jamieson	3	6	5	-	-	4
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 359 minutes, 85.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Bettelheim, 14.5 ov), 2-98 (Schmulian, 32.4 ov), 3-117 (Foxcroft, 40.3 ov), 4-135 (Cleaver, 46.4 ov), 5-138 (Clarkson, 49.4 ov), 6-141 (Clark, 52.4 ov), 7-170 (Patel, 67.1 ov), 8-193 (Lennox, 76.4 ov), 9-236 (Heaphy, 84.2 ov), 10-239 (Toole, 85.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Jamieson	12.3	4	27	2	-	-	62	4	-
Davey	14	2	44	2	-	5	66	5	-
Rae	17	1	65	3	-	-	68	7	-
McKenzie	14	4	33	1	-	-	64	3	-
Sodhi	21	3	41	1	-	1	100	3	-
McConchie	7	2	21	1	-	-	34	4	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CJ Bowes	c Cleaver b Clarkson	33	61	73	3	1	45
RA Mariu	b Toole	0	9	14	-	-	9
AW McKenzie	c Cleaver b Patel	27	73	136	3	-	62
*HM Nicholls	run out (Lennox->Cleaver)	2	5	6	-	-	4
CE McConchie	c Cleaver b Clarkson	0	3	2	-	-	3
MWT Boyle	c Cleaver b Toole	0	3	4	-	-	3
MJ Hay	lbw b Clarkson	7	26	37	1	-	23
IS Sodhi	c Cleaver b Toole	14	47	55	1	-	38
KA Jamieson	c Clark b Patel	3	9	14	-	-	6
SB Davey	c Cleaver b Clarkson	14	39	51	2	-	32
MD Rae	not out	19	23	33	2	1	16
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 218 minutes, 49.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Mariu, 3.2 ov), 2-49 (Bowes, 16.6 ov), 3-52 (Nicholls, 18.2 ov), 4-52 (McConchie, 18.5 ov), 5-53 (Boyle, 19.4 ov), 6-68 (Hay, 28.2 ov), 7-79 (McKenzie, 32.5 ov), 8-85 (Jamieson, 36.1 ov), 9-89 (Sodhi, 41.3 ov), 10-124 (Davey, 49.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarkson	13.2	3	33	4	-	-	66	3	1
Toole	15	3	44	3	1	2	68	4	-
Patel	13	4	37	2	-	-	61	4	1
Annand	6	4	5	0	-	-	34	1	-
Lennox	2	1	3	0	-	-	10	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TJ Bettelheim	c Jamieson b McConchie	50	95	134	5	-	70
CG Heaphy	lbw b Jamieson	17	44	47	1	-	34
BD Schmulian	c Sheat b Davey	93	175	289	5	-	112
D Foxcroft	lbw b Jamieson	19	25	24	2	-	17
*+D Cleaver	c Bowes b Jamieson	5	9	9	-	-	6
JA Clarkson	c Hay b Sheat	33	48	50	4	-	33
JR Lennox	lbw b Sodhi	4	38	50	-	-	35
WJ Clark	c Jamieson b McConchie	70	101	125	6	3	69
AY Patel	lbw b McConchie	18	47	73	-	-	30
TM Annand	not out	2	13	17	-	-	11
RL Toole	c McConchie b Sodhi	1	4	3	-	-	3
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(all out, 415 minutes, 99.2 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Heaphy, 10.4 ov), 2-120 (Bettelheim, 31.1 ov), 3-143 (Foxcroft, 36.3 ov), 4-149 (Cleaver, 38.3 ov), 5-193 (Clarkson, 50.6 ov), 6-212 (Lennox, 63.4 ov), 7-271 (Schmulian, 81.4 ov), 8-320 (Clark, 94.4 ov), 9-329 (Patel, 98.4 ov), 10-330 (Toole, 99.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Jamieson	17	3	39	3	-	-	79	2	-
Davey	12	2	34	1	2	3	52	2	-
McKenzie	9	1	28	0	-	-	36	1	-
Sodhi	28.2	3	86	2	-	-	123	3	3
Sheat	19	1	77	1	1	-	78	11	-
McConchie	11	0	45	3	-	-	40	4	-
Boyle	3	0	9	0	-	-	10	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CJ Bowes	c Cleaver b Patel	16	41	64	1	-	29
RA Mariu	c Clark b Clarkson	12	12	13	3	-	9
*HM Nicholls	c Cleaver b Toole	19	50	82	2	-	40
CE McConchie	b Patel	8	22	25	1	-	18
MWT Boyle	c Cleaver b Toole	11	13	15	1	1	10
JJA Frew	c Heaphy b Schmulian	30	171	203	4	-	154
IS Sodhi	lbw b Clarkson	1	24	29	-	-	23
KA Jamieson	c Heaphy b Patel	12	30	37	1	-	23
SB Davey	c Bettelheim b Annand	2	18	14	-	-	16
FW Sheat	b Lennox	20	58	62	2	-	48
AW McKenzie	not out	7	50	45	1	-	46
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 299 minutes, 81.3 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Mariu, 2.6 ov), 2-41 (Bowes, 14.2 ov), 3-57 (McConchie, 20.3 ov), 4-57 (Nicholls, 21.2 ov), 5-68 (Boyle, 23.4 ov), 6-74 (Sodhi, 31.3 ov), 7-101 (Jamieson, 42.2 ov), 8-105 (Davey, 46.2 ov), 9-139 (Sheat, 65.5 ov), 10-150 (Frew, 81.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Clarkson	13	2	36	2	1	-	60	5	-
Toole	14	3	31	2	1	-	69	3	1
Annand	5	0	26	1	-	-	18	3	-
Patel	29	14	37	3	-	-	154	5	-
Schmulian	2.3	1	2	1	-	-	13	-	-
Lennox	16	12	7	1	-	-	91	-	-
Foxcroft	2	1	1	0	-	-	11	-	-

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Notes
--> Canterbury full substitute: JJA Frew for MJ Hay (at the start of the Canterbury first innings) (called up to international squad)
--> Canterbury full substitute: FW Sheat for MD Rae (after 18.1 overs of the Central Districts second innings) (called up to international squad)
--> Day 1 Lunch: Central Districts (1) 98/2 (Heaphy 38*; 32.4 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Central Districts (1) 153/6 (Heaphy 64*, Patel 7*; 61 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Canterbury (1) 85/8 (Sodhi 12*, Davey 0*; 38 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Central Districts (2) 48/1 (Bettelheim 18*, Schmulian 10*; 17 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Central Districts (2) 285/7 (Clark 48*, Patel 3*; 87 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Canterbury (2) 41/2 (Nicholls 11*; 14.2 overs)
--> Central Districts first innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 100 in 34.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 150 in 56.5 overs
--> Central Districts first innings: 200 in 78.3 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 50 in 17.1 overs
--> Canterbury first innings: 100 in 43.3 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 50 in 17.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 100 in 27.5 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 150 in 38.6 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 200 in 55.2 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 250 in 76.4 overs
--> Central Districts second innings: 300 in 90.4 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 100 in 39.6 overs
--> Canterbury second innings: 150 in 80.1 overs
--> AW McKenzie made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AW McKenzie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MJ Hay made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> MD Rae made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CG Heaphy (1) 50 in 126 balls with 5 fours
--> CG Heaphy (1) 100 in 225 balls with 10 fours
--> CG Heaphy (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> D Cleaver (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> TJ Bettelheim (2) 50 in 94 balls with 5 fours
--> BD Schmulian (2) 50 in 58 balls with 4 fours
--> WJ Clark (2) 50 in 83 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> WJ Clark (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> JA Clarkson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ Bowes, his 1st wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> JA Clarkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 4-44)
--> JA Clarkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 4-63)
--> KA Jamieson reached 100 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed D Foxcroft, his 2nd wicket in the Central Districts second innings
--> AY Patel reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ Bowes, his 1st wicket in the Canterbury second innings
--> CG Heaphy (10) and BD Schmulian (35) added 50 in 95 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TJ Bettelheim (33) and BD Schmulian (15) added 50 in 73 balls for the Central Districts 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> BD Schmulian (18) and WJ Clark (33) added 50 in 95 balls for the Central Districts 7th wicket in the second innings

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